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The genus Hesperantha is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hesperantha

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hesperantha acuta (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha alborosea Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha altimontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha bachmannii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha ballii Wild	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha baurii Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha brevicaulis (Baker) G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha brevifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha brevistyla Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha bulbifera Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha candida Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha cedarmontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha ciliolata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha crocopsis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha cucullata Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha curvula Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha debilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha decipiens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha elsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha erecta (Baker) Benth. ex Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha exiliflora Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha fibrosa Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha flava G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha flexuosa Klatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha glabrescens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha glareosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha gracilis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha grandiflora G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha hantamensis Schltr. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha humilis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha hutchingsiae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha huttonii (Baker) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha hygrophila Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha inconspicua (Baker) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha ingeliensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha juncifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha karooica Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha lactea Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha latifolia (Klatt) M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha leucantha Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha lithicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha longicollis Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha longituba (Klatt) Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha luticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha malvina Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha marlothii R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha minima (Baker) R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha modesta Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha montigena Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha muirii (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha namaquana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha oligantha (Diels) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pallescens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pauciflora G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha petitiana (A.Rich.) Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pilosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pseudopilosa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pubinervia Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha pulchra Baker	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha purpurea Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha quadrangula Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha radiata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha rivulicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha rupestris N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha rupicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha saldanhae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha saxicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha schelpeana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha schlechteri (Baker) R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha scopulosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha similis N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha spicata (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha stenosiphon Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha sufflava Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha teretifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha truncatula Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha umbricola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha vaginata (Sweet) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha vernalis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants
Hesperantha woodii Baker	Accepted		iPlants

Statistics

The Plant List includes 137 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hesperantha. Of these 84 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 13 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hesperantha. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 137 species names for the genus Hesperantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	84	61.3%
◕	Synonym	51	37.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.5%

All names

The status of the 150 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hesperantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	88	58.7%
◕	Synonym	60	40.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.3%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 137 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hesperantha, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	84	49	0	0	133	97.1%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	1.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Hesperantha, are as follows: